Duterte would be the first President to really go after the Maoist insurgency

By Rigoberto D. Tiglao

Nov 05, 2018 12:07 am

NPAs in the Bicol area putting up an impressive display before the press.

Fortunato Abat, commanding general in the 1970s of the armed forces’ Central Mindanao Command (CEMCOM) wasn’t at all exaggerating when he titled his book on the Muslim insurgency: The Day We Nearly Lost Mindanao: How CEMCOM Checked the Secessionist Attempt to Establish a De Facto Bangsa Moro Republic in Cotabato.

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